Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026

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Statutory Instruments

2026 No. 405

URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ENGLAND

The Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026

Made

at 11.45 a.m. on 14th April 2026

Laid before Parliament

at 4.30 p.m. on 14th April 2026

Coming into force

11th May 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 198 of the Localism Act 2011(1) (“ the 2011 Act ”) as modified by article 13 of, and Schedule 4 to the West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017(2) (“ the 2017 Order ”). The Combined Authority has notified the Secretary of State of the designation of a Mayoral development area and of the name to be given to the Corporation for the area, pursuant to section 197(6)(b) and (c) of the 2011 Act as modified by article 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 2017 Order.

Citation and commencement

1. This order may be cited as the Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026 and comes into force on 11th May 2026.

Mayoral development area

1. —(1) The Mayoral development area is the area of land shown bounded externally by the inside edge of the red line on the map.

(2) In paragraph (1), “ the map ” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026” of which prints signed by a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have been deposited, and are available for inspection, at the offices of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and at the offices of the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Establishment and naming of the Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation

1. There is established a corporation for the Mayoral development area named the “Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Miatta Fahnbulleh

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

at 11.45 a.m. on 14th April 2026

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes a Mayoral development corporation in relation to an area, designated as a Mayoral development area, which encompasses the area shown bounded externally by the inner edge of a red line on the map referred to in article 2 of this Order. Copies of the map may be inspected free of charge by prior appointment with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local Growth Delivery Unit, at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF and the West Midlands Combined Authority, 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD(3).

The power to designate and establish the Corporation is set out in section 198 of the Localism Act 2011, as modified by article 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510).

The Mayoral development corporation is to be called the Birmingham East Mayoral Development Corporation (article 3).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1) 2011 c. 20. “Combined Authority” and “Corporation” have the meaning given in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510).

(2) S.I. 2017/510. This order was made under sections 104(1)(a), 105(1) and (3), 105A(1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) and (3)(b), 107D(1), (5) and (7)(a) to (e), 113A, 114 and 117(5) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20). Section 104 was amended by sections 8 and 14 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1) (“ the 2016 Act ”). Section 105 was amended by sections 6, 9 and 14 of the 2016 Act. Section 105A was inserted by section 7 of the 2016 Act. Section 107D was inserted by section 4 of the 2016 Act. Section 113A was inserted by section 25 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 5 to, the 2016 Act. Section 114 was amended by section 23 of, and paragraph 26 of Schedule 5 to, the 2016 Act, and by S.I. 2016/997. Section 117(5) was inserted by section 23 of, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 5 to, the 2016 Act.

(3) The map is available at web address: https://www.wmca.org.uk/what-we-do/birmingham-east-mayoral-development-corporation

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